ALF is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. ALF is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ALF?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALF is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALF
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALF scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ALF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does ALF mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australianslanginformal
An unsophisticated or uncultured Australian man, typically working class.
Alf became a common piece of Australian slang for a rough, plain-spoken man with little interest in culture or refinement. Speakers often use it with a mix of mockery and affection, more teasing than genuinely hostile.
How ALF is used
Informal Australian slang, can be dismissive or affectionately teasing.
- They joked that he was a real alf who never read a book.
- The character was written as a stereotypical alf from the outer suburbs.
- Nobody would call him refined, more of an alf really.
- The comedy relied on the alf getting everything wrong at the fancy dinner.
- Old cartoons often poked fun at the typical Australian alf.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALF
21 longer words begin with ALF.
Words ending in ALF
5 words end in ALF. Useful as a back hook: play ALF onto a word already on the board.
Words with ALF inside
Showing 24 of 97 words that contain ALF somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ALF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ALF
Common questions about ALF
- Is ALF valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ALF is not in it.
- How many points is ALF worth?
- ALF is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALF mean?
- An unsophisticated or uncultured Australian man, typically working class.
- What letters can be added to ALF?
- ALF takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ALF:
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